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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April es, 1907.

Application filed January 5, 1907. Serial No. 360,886.

make up a mold or quickly and easily con-' verted into a truck for carrying the ladle of molten metal.

The device consists of a rectangular frame mounted on wheels and provided with means for carrying a ladle in such manner that it is capable of either vertical or lateral adjust-V ment. The truck may be easily andrapidly converted into a molding platform by removing the ladle and placing in position the removable platform sections.

The invention is more fully described in the following specification and clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a plan view of the truck with the ladle in position thereon. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Y Fig. 3 is a plan view of the truck with the platform sections in position thereon. Fig. 4 is a side elevation thereof.

The device consists of a rectangular frame 1 suitably mounted on wheels 2 and adapted to travel on tracks 3. The frame l is made with a pair of uprights 4 at either side, at

- about the center, and these uprights are pivvided with a series of perforations 5 in which pulleys or rollers 6 may be adjustably secured by means of removable pins 7. The frame l is also provided with a series of pockets 8 along either side.

The numeral 9 designates the pouring ladle. This ladle is mounted centrally on a rod l0, which rod is provided at one end with an operating handle 11. rThis rod rests in the grooved faces of the pulleys or rollers 6 which permits the ladle to be moved laterally to any position between the sides of the truck from which it is desirable to pour its contents. The removable pulleys 6 will permit Vadjustment vertically, to accommodate molds of varied heights.

The numeral 12 designates the platform.

' ter the pockets 8 in the frame.

This platform is composed preferably of two sections and each section is formed with suitable feet 13 adapted to register with and en When it is desired to make up the molds 14, the platform is placed in position on the frame, as shown in Fig. 3, and the mold is made thereon. It is then placed on the floor between the tracks and the truck is moved to the position for depositing the next mold. When the molds have been made up, and the truck is at the end of its trip, the platform is removed, the ladle is mounted in the uprights and the return trip is made, during which the molds are poured It will be seen that with our device the sand and molds need not be carried from one point to another as the molds are made up and broken up at the same spot.

The truck serves both as a work bench and ladle. carrier and is easily and rapidly converted from one to the other.

By means of our improved truck the entire system of molding is simplified and more rapidly and accurately accomplished.

Having thus fully described our invention and its operation, what we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a molding truck, a rectangular frame suitably mounted on wheels, a pair of centrally disposed uprights at either side of said frame, said frame having pockets along both sides and adjustable pulleys removably mounted in said uprights, in combination with a pouring ladle centrally mounted on an operating rod, said rod adapted to rest on said pulleys and being capable of lateral adjustment.

2. In a molding truck, a rectangular frame suitably mounted on wheels, a pair of centrally disposed uprights at either side of said frame, pockets along both sides of said frame adapted to hold a sectional platform, and adjustable pulleys removably mounted in said uprights.

In testimony whereof we have signed our name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN H. BICKLEY. JAMES MOANALLY.

Witnesses:

ED. A. KELLY, WALTER G. STEININGER.

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